Hood fitting for motor and other vehicles



June 19, 192.8.

, G. sALMoNs ET AL lnoon FITTING Fon MoToR AND OTHER VEHICLES Fileqpril 8. 192e 2 sheets-sheet 1 June 19, 1928.

G. sALMONs ET AL Hoon FITTING FOR MoToR AND OTHER VEHICLES Filed April 8'. 1926 2 sheets-sheet 2 "may Patented June19`,` 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE SALMONS AND ARTHUR HENRY`DALBYBALLS, OF NEWPORT PAGNELL, IEING-r LAND; SAID DALBY-BALLS ASSKGNOR TOARTEIUR JAMES LUCAS SALMONS, F NEW- i PORT iPAGrNELL,` ENGLAND. l

HOOD FITTING ron MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES.

` Application lfiled-april A8, 192s', .seriai Nq. 1oo,e57,larnd in Greatnritain :any 22"1e25.

The object ot'this invention is to provide mechanism tor raising and also lowering the hoods ot motor cars orother vehicles by `means of a. crankhandle.v i According to the invention a gear wheel is fitted on each sidefof theurear ofthe vehicle body and pivotally carries a rod which is connected tothe rear pillar fitting just below the cant railline. V.A roc-king leveris l0pivoted to the rear pillar fitting above'the cant rail pivot and is pivotally connected at its lowerend to the cant rail by a linland at its upper endto, a rod hinged `to Athe rear cant rail fitting. The last named rod is l5 hingedly connected throughv a plurality of rods to the cant rail.' Saidlink and ,rocking lever are pivoted above the pivot connecting the rear cant rail to the back pillar and theV gear wheel on each .side of the body of thev vehicle is driven through variable `toothed gearing or worm and gear or other suitable ygearing from a shaftpositionedacross the back Ot the vehicle-body andv operable by=a crank handle from the outside. y Suitable springs or butlersmaytbe provided to assist in the raisingandlowering ot the hood and prevent rattlel and vibration.

The invention will be clearly` understoodtroni the following description aided bythe 1"" annexed drawings 1n which Figure .1 is a .side-elevation of one set of littings and yope'ratingrgf gears showing their position when the hood is close'dythe body and hood being shown in dotted lines. Figure2 is a sideelevation of the littings shown inFigure 1 in position when the hood is open.

Figure 3 is a viewl similar kto Figure` 2 .but showing an alternative gear.

Figure vt is a plan view of the gear and a portion-ot each ofthe carrying plates.

It will be understoodthat. only.y one set yoil.

fittings are shown and hereafter`- described c y to the rear end oa rod 21of which the forbutthat twosets are employed, one on each sideoithe vehicle body andconnected by hoopst-ic-ks in the usual manner, only'theoperating shaft extendingacross the back .ofl y Wheelll meshes with a' pinion 22 mounted the bodyto connect the gearing.

z, 1 isfa gear Wheel mounted on a stub axle- 2 unprojectingtrorn a plate 3- supported vkat its forward' endbythe krear 4end -of a plate -10 secured ,to the side 'ot the vehicle body near the rear `of the latter; The rear end of the plate 3 niay be secured to the sident the Ive,- hicle body. rl`he gear Wheel 1 carries a plate il: on which is'pivoted a rod 5, such rod'having at its pivoted end a stop'piece'or lug' which engages the edge of the plate to prevent furtherfniovement ofthe gearwhen the v hood is closed.

@The other end'of the rod 5 is'pivoted toy a point below the cant rail line;

The lrear, pillar litting 7 has an angled eX- vtension 9 at its lower end, which extension is pivoted to a bearingl plate 10 secured to the yvehicle body, the pivot being at a pointvbe- M are hinged .together ,as usual, the hinge being preferably over the rear door7 wliilst the free end of the rear cant rail fitting 14 ris angled at 15 and pivoted` to the rear pillar fitting 7 ata point between the extension 11 ot saidl pillar fitting andpivotof; the rod r5. One end of a -linlI16is pivotally connected to the extension 15 andthe .otherend of said ing lever `12.

The front `and back `cant rail vfittings' 11 3, 'y

the fitting 7 connected to the rearpillar 8 at The rocking lever vi12 lis pivote'd between i its ends to the extension 11 o1 the rear pillar fitting 7l but nearer vtoitspoint oit'` connectionwith thelink 16 than its point of connection to the'rod 17. Thefrodfl'? i-s hinged y `to a -rod 18 which isfpivoted at its rear end ter. The rod` 20vis pivotally connected at its rear end to the rear cant rail ,1-1 and is also pivotally connected adjacentits forward end ward end is connectedto the front cant rai-113. 'l a f According to Figuresl and 2'the gear on a'gear Wheel 23 and the ygear wheel 23' is inmesh with a pinion 24 Vmounted on the vshaft 25 which is rotated by a crank hanv y In Figure 3 .the gearwheell is shown as .the lower end of which is meshing with a worm 26 one end of which carries a bevel gear 27 meshing with a bevel pinion 23 on the shaft 25.

To the back pillar iitting 7 portion is pivoted one end near its lower @it rod. 29, pivote/l to a rocking lever 30 which is :tulcruined on the plate 10. @ne cfa lpair of telescopic members 31 has its rear Aend pivotally connected to the other end of the lever 30 and the other telescopic member has its forward end pivotally connected to a rocking lever 32 fulcrumed on a forwardly vextending arm 33 of the plate 10. A spring 3,1;1 is inten posed between the telescoping ends of the members 31. The rocking lever 32 has its other end connected by ai'link 34 to a projection 35 onthe lower end of the centre pillar litting 36. The fitting4 carries the centre pillar 37 and its extension 35 is pivoted to the arm`3`3 of the plate 10 whilst the top portion of the centre pillar iitting 3.6 has an extension 38 which is pivoted to the projection 39 on the lower side ot the cant rail fitting 14. The spring 31LL assists in open ing the hood and also serves to prevent'rat i tling and vibration when thehopd is closed.

A telescopic tube 40, between the telescoping ends .of which a spring 401 fitted, has one end connected to ,the projection 39 and its other end connected to a plate 41 on the rod 18.

42 is a rod hinged at its lower end to the plate 10 and at its upper end'carries a hoopstick 43 fitting the rear upper corne;` oi" the hood. The otherv hoopsticks are connected to the treeends or" the rods 18 and 20.

The ratio of the operating gear is preterably about twelve turns of the crank handle Yto -one oi thel gear wheel 1 whereby aneasy motion is obtained.

To open the hood from the position shown in Figure 1 catches (not shown) holdin the front of the hood 44 to the wind se een pillar 45 are irst released and then the spring plunger 46 `mounted on the centre pillar 47 and bearing against the lower side fof the front cant rail 13 will lift the cant rails 13 and front portion of the hood. A cra-nk handle 25a is then engaged in the ordinary manner with the end loit' the shaft 25 and moved to revolve `the shaft 25 clockwise and through the connecting gear, will revolve the gear wheel 1 also clockwise. The plate 4 will move with the wheel 1 and pull on the rod 5, this in tnrn pulling down the rear and mid pillar and ,titi-ings 36 which fall in parallel order.

During this movement the link 16 will have acted upon the rocking 'lever 12 which will have pulled the lrod 17 rearwardly and this, in turn will have p'ulled the rods 113, 19, 20, 21, thus rocking the front cant rails v13 and their fittings on their pivot` 48. At

the same time the compression 'of the spring 40a is released and, as the movement continues, the hood and fittings will be caused to be positioned next to each other with front cant rails on top and, at the iinish of the movement they will occupy. the position shown at Figures 2 or 3 with ,the spring 40@L relaxed er uncompressed. l

During the movement 'just described the rod 29 will have rocked the rocking lever 30 on its 'fulcrum and the link 34 willhave rocked the rocking lever and, through the telescopic members 3,1, will have co1npressed the spring 31"L which will take the weight of the hood.

To close the hood-the rcrank handle is l moved anticlockwise and the intermediate gear 22 will move the gear wheel 1 also anticlockwise and the plate 4 will liit the rod 5 and raise the pillars and fittings 7, 36, and in so doing, thelink 1G will act upon the rockinglever 12 and this will actuate the rod 17, and through the rods 18, 19, 2O and 21 push the front cant rail and fittings forwardly and thzis reposition the front cant rails, the spring 40a being compressed and taking the weight of `the cant rails. 'By `the time Athe pillars 3 and 37 have assumed their vertical position the lug 6 of the rod 5 will have engaged thc plate 4 and prevented further movement oit the crank handle. The hood will then be in position to have its forward end pulled down and secured to the wind screen pillars. I

During this movement the rod 29y`will have rocked the rocking lever 3() on .tulcrum and the centre pillar willhave rocked the rocking lever 312 through the link 34 so as to release the `compression of the spring 31n which willv counteract the action of the spring 40a, the spring 31CL assisting in preventing rattlc and vibration,

In describing the operation, only one complete set of 'ttings are referred to, but it to be understood, as before stated, that Jtwo sets of iittings, one on each side olf the body, are employed and that they are connected by hoopsticks'and work in unison.

1. A device of the character described including a vehicle body and hood therefor, a pair of plates positioned one at each side of said body and adjacent the rear end thereof, forwardly extending larms carried 'by -said plates, a hoopstick, .rods pivotedto said I yat its lower end to one ofl said plates adjacent the forward end of the latter, a pair of rear top-supporting pillars each hinged at its lower end to one'of saidplates adjacent the rear end of the latter, a pair of'levers fulcrumed on each ofsaid plates below and rearwardly of the lower ends fl said front and rear pillars, respectively, a link. connecting one arm of each of said levers to theadjacent pillar, and means'connecting. the other arms of said levers, said means being yieldable when said levers are rocked by the movement of said pillars during the folding of the top. f

3. A hood litting according to claim 2 wherein the means connecting one arm of one lever to one arm of another lever comprises a pair of telescopic rods. l

t. In a hood `fitting fork motor and other vehicles, a pair of plates for attachment, respectively, to the opposite sides of the body of a vehicle lengthwise of said body, a pair of front top-supporting pillars each hingedl at its lowerend to one of said plates adjacent vthe forward end of the latter, a pair of rear top-supporting `pillars yeach hinged at its lower end to one of said plates adjacent the l rear end of the latter, a pair of front cant rails, a pair of rear cant rails each hinged at its forward end to one of said front cant rails and hinged at its rear end toone of the rear pillars and also hinged between its" ends'to i one of the front pillars, a' lever fulcrumed at the upper end of each of the rear pillars, a foldable framework connecting said front and rear cant rails and comprising a pairof rods each hinged at its rear vend to one of the rear cant rails adjacent the rear end of` the latter, a link connecting one arm of 'each of said levers to one of said rear cant rails adjacent the point of connection of the latter l rods, and means connecting each of the front pillars to one of said rods between the points of connection of the latter with its associated rear cant rail and link. said means being yieldable vvwhen said pillars'are moved into erected position. f

5. A hood fitting according to claim 4 wherein the means connecting the front pillars to the rods comprises a `pluralityof telescoping members.

6. Ahood fitting for motor and other vehicles, comprising a pair of plates forattachment, respectively, tothe opposite sidesl of the bodyof a vehicle "lengthwise of such' body; a pairof front top-'supporting pillars each hinged at its lower end to one of said plates; a pair of rear top-supporting pillars each hinged at its lower end to one of said plates rearwardly of said front pillars; a pair of levers fulcrumed on each of said plates below and rearwardly of *thev lower ends'of said front and rear pillars, respectively; a link connecting ene arm o each of` said levers to the adjacent pillar; a pair of front cant rails; a pair of rear cant rails each hinged atv its forward end to one of said front cant-rails and at its rear end to one of the rear pillars and also hinged between itsy ends to one of the front pillars; a lever fulorumed at the upper end of each of the rear pillars; a framework connected to said front and rear cant rails and foldi able therewith, said framework comprising a pair of rods eachhingedly connected at its rear end to one of the rear cant rails adjacent the .rear endof the latter; a link connecting one armk of each of said last-named levers to one of said rear cant rails adjacent the point' of connection of the latter to al rear pillar; a link connecting the otherarm ofy each of said last-named levers to one 'of said rods; a rotatable member supportedby a member extending rearwardly from one of said plates; and a link associated with said rotatable member and with one of said pillars and operative by the rotation-'of Said rotatable member in oneY direction to move said pillar intov a ysubstantially vertical posisov tion and by the rotation of said rotatable member inthe opposite direction to move said pillar into a substantially horizontal position.

ln testimony whereof they set their hands.

GEORGE SALMONS. ARTHUR HENRY DALBY-BALLS.

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